Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors, said the first fatal accident involving his company's Autopilot self-driving system was not material information for investors.

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Tesla did not acknowledge the accident until last week, drawing criticism from some, including Fortune magazine, that the company was not revealing material information. The argument was boosted when, immediately after the fatality was announced by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration on Thursday, Tesla’s stock value dropped from $212 to $206. However, the stock rallied by the end of the day and climbed to $216 a share.

Because the stock price bounced, Musk maintains that the information was demonstrably not material to shareholders' value of the stock. Musk also argued that the lower mortality rate in Autopilot mode is proof that the system is safer than a car driven exclusively by a human.

Policy experts: Trump’s trade proposal could hurt U.S. auto industry

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's statements on trade have created some concerns within the automotive industry.

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has had some not-so-nice things to say about Mexico and its people. And that’s putting it lightly. While some fear the rhetoric is breading bad blood between the countries, some policy experts say Trumps proposals could be far more damaging than his insults, particularly for U.S. auto industry.

Trump’s threats to undue the North American Free Trade Agreement and impose harsh tariffs on Mexico could seriously disrupt business in the States. Chris Wilson, deputy director of the Mexican Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., said without NAFTA, the auto industry would not be nearly as strong—even vehicles assembled in the U.S. feature parts from Mexico and Canada.

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, who represents Dearborn, Michigan (home of the Ford Motor Company), said Trump has a real chance of winning over current and former factory works in Michigan and other so-called Rust Belt states by playing to their disdain for NAFTA in the wake of repeated layoffs.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who has been endorsed by the United Auto Workers union, supported NAFTA when her husband, President Bill Clinton, was in office. She has since called it a mistake.

Regulators investigate Ford SUVs for carbon monoxide leak

The 2015 Ford Explorer is part of a probe into several models of the Chicago-built SUV for a possible exhaust issue.

The NHTSA has launched a probe into Ford Explorer SUVs from between 2011 and 2015 to investigate a potential carbon monoxide leak within the vehicles. The U.S. safety regulator has received word of 154 complaints from vehicle occupants who smelt exhaust from within the front; meanwhile, other owners have expressed some concern about carbon monoxide exposure in the SUVs.

The NHTSA is conducting a probe to see if these issues warrant a recall. Ford issued technical service bulletins in December 2012 and July 2014, informing dealership repair shops how to address this issue, according to a report by Reuters. Some owners have experienced leaks while pushing the vehicle full throttle, driving up a steep hill or using the A/C system to recirculate air into the cabin. One crash has been attributed to the exhaust issue, but there were no injuries.

German officials raid Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW

Employees work on a Volkswagen e-Golf electric automobile on the assembly line inside the Volkswagen AG factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Friday, May 20, 2016. Volkswagen and fellow German automakers BMW, Daimler and Bosch are being investigated as part of a German government probe into the country's steel-buying practices.

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German car manufacturers Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler and Robert Bosch were raided by the country’s antitrust regulators as part of an investigation into steel-buying practices last month. German officials were light on details, but they confirmed that they launched the probe after catching wind that anti-trust rules have been violated in the country’s steel industry.

Automakers are among the key pillars of the Germany auto economy as a whole, as well as some of the biggest consumers of steel—the average car uses 1,984 pounds of steel, according to Bloomberg and The World Steel Association. If investigators discover that these companies are colluding to fix the prices of raw materials, Germany’s antitrust office can hit them with fines of up 10 percent of their annual sales.

Watch: Ford F-150 Raptor offers a suspension for every type of driving

The 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor is like a grown-up amusement park on four wheels. With six specially-tuned driving modes, the 2017 Raptor can handle just about every type of driving, be it on-road or off-, that the world can throw at you.

From flat surface-based suspensions in the Normal and throttle-enhanced Sport modes, to the Weather mode that uses the 4 Auto transmission and AdvanceTrac to handle slippery conditions, the new F-150 can handle the daily demands of urban/suburban life. Meanwhile, the Mud/Sand, Baja and Rock Crawl modes adjust to various off-road conditions. Check out the Raptor’s various driving modes in action in the video above.